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From: Clinical results of multidisciplinary therapy including palliative posterior spinal stabilization surgery and postoperative adjuvant therapy for metastatic spinal tumor

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A 64-year-old man with metastasis of liver cancer to the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae. The Tokuhashi score was 3. Minimally invasive spine stabilization (MISt) without decompression (L2-S2AI) was applied. The operative time was 182 min, and blood loss was 152 ml. The grade of paralysis improved from D1 before surgery to E after surgery. a Sagittal view on preoperative T1-weighted MRI. b Sagittal view on preoperative STIR MRI. c Axial view at L4 on preoperative T2-weighted MRI. d Axial view at L4 on preoperative plain CT. e Sagittal view on preoperative plain CT

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X